Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-10-22


man was il the fourth story OF the building
when the lire broke ont, attempted to es.
cape but was suffocated after reaching the
first floor -
Amsterdam bankers have instituted
asuit for 81, OooOo 600 against Jay Gould and:
Russell Sage, the ground for the suit being
found n testimony given before the Pacific
railway commission and refers to the bonds
ard stocks Of the Kansas Pacific road
The Baltic mill in Baltic. Conn,
owned BY q. q. Aldrich & Co, Of Proyi-
dence, was burned ami is q total loss. The
fire broke out at 8 o'clock in the morning.
The loss q estimated at s ,25p,el0; insur-
ance 1881, GOO
he large knitting mills operated by
, Ellis at Port Dover CT, have been
burned. The loss is $4,000, insurance,
so, 400 About % hands are thrown out of
employ ment.
The remains of Gen. Judson Kilpat-
rick arrived at New y r;z and were taken
to West Point for interment with military
hono:s. 8
Bishop Whipple Of Minnesota
ofciated at the funeral Of Minister Man
ming ct New York city
WARRINGTON GOSSIP.
Col. w. +. Switzler, chief of the
bureau OF statistics, at Washington, will
issue during the week comprehensive re-
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spoftatson and manufacture OF wool and
sWeolen goods in this country. It will con
tain hundreds Of tables Of statistics &c this
industry under all the different tariff laws
since 1880. Ohio, California aud Texas
will be shown 10 still he the leading wool
f.rod ucing states. In the former there has
been an Increase ofs:20 per cent in the pro-
iduction OF wool, and in the latter ever SO
per cent. since 1880 The value OF the pro
ductlcn for the past year viii be estimated
at so, eo0, OGG.
Il The Commissioner Of Indian affairs
at Washington, has the following from
Agent Anderson at the Lower Brule Indian
agency, OAK: The disturbing Indians were
danger is all over What promised to be a
serious trouble IS nipped in the bud The
surveys are going forward. The majority
OF the Indians want to take allotments
The commissioner also received telegram
from the Grow agency in Montana, saying
thatG quiet prevailed there but no arrests
have, as yet been made.
Jessie Lee Hall, Indian agent at the
Kiowa Comanche and Wichita agency in
the Indian Territory, has been discovered
to DO a defaultsr to the extent of nearly
S3D.DO Ill government and Indian funds,
and the Secretary of the Interior requested
the Attorney General to commence crimi-
nal proceedings against Hall for embezzle-
ment. Hall, when appointed, had the
strongest ndcrssrnents ever fled at the
Interior department, Judges, Senators
Governors and prominent men uniting in
commenting him.
Henry II. Smith, the journal clerk
of the house Representatives,, has present
d to Secretary Fairchild, on behalf of the
citizens OF Chariayoix, Mich, a petition
praying that e gold medal or other testi-
moniai be presented to Miss Mary wake.
field, OF Charlevoix, for her bravery in say
ing the life of q child. The secretary OF tie
treasury is authorized by law to grant
medals as q reward for bravery iii life say.
ing, and the citizens of Cl,arlevoiy think
that Miss Wakefsid's heroisu should be
recognized.
The annual report of Caleb W. West
Governor Of Utah territory, estimates the
population of the territory at nearly 200. GOO
and the assessed taxable valuation of
property at 35,SG5, seS. The commercial
affairs of the territory are said to be in q
prospersous condition; its agricultural
products abundant and of excellent grade
its stock interests Furnishing and its mining
outlook very promising
G. Meyer Zullick, a Governor of
Arizona, in his annual report, estimates
the population of the territory at 9O0O., an
increase OF nearly sc, 900 over the census
estimates of 1880. The aggregate assessed
valuation OF the taxable property for the
present year is S36,3l3, soc, en- increase of
nearly IS, 0jQ, 0a0 over 1885.
The first comptroller of the treasury
has made to the secretary Of the treasury q
report of the work of his bureau for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1857. The re-
port shows that the number OF accounts dur
Ing the yearWa 349, 9s5, embracing 2,7i1,-
0i9 vouchers, and involving in footings 81
922, 924, GIL
1t is rumored in Washington that
Secretary Lamar, who is conceded to have
the vacant usticeshipin the Supreme court,
is to be succeeded III the interior depart
ment by Postmaster General Villas Don
n. Dickinson. OF Michigan, win probably be
appointed postmaster general to succeed
Mr.. Villas.
Rear-Adn1iral Braine, commanding
the South Atlantic squadron, reports to the
navy department. that on Sept. Sth the
Brazilian cruiser Imperial Marinbeiron
Was lost by running upon her at Rio
Doce. One officer and Il seamen were lost
and l26 persons saved.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NEWS.
Arnold Kohler, a Swiss farmer living
in the north part of Becker county, Mimi,
was murdered by his neighbor John Adams,